Every night from December 12 until Christmas Eve, one Yule Lad will come to town and leave little gifts for well-behaved children who have placed a shoe on the window sill. Naughty ones will, however, wake up to find a potato in theirs.The thirteen brothers all have very descriptive names reflecting either their nature or the prank they play.
December 22: Gáttaþefur, or Door-Sniffer, has a large nose and a great sense of smell, which he uses to sniff out laufabrauð, the traditional Icelandic bread that is most often eaten in the Christmas season.
Every night from December 12 until Christmas Eve, one Yule Lad will come to town and leave little gifts for well-behaved children who have placed a shoe on the window sill. Naughty ones will, however, wake up to find a potato in theirs.The thirteen brothers all have very descriptive names reflecting either their nature or the prank they play.
December 22: Gáttaþefur, or Door-Sniffer, has a large nose and a great sense of smell, which he uses to sniff out laufabrauð, the traditional Icelandic bread that is most often eaten in the Christmas season.
